Sole for boots and shoes



March 5, 1929. GUDDEN ET AL 1,704,187

SOLE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Filed July 22, 1927 5 1,4! 41 Li a 41641 41 4 A flbfr'ed 661111116714 ThozTba/a M ffiwwZa/nab.

Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

. UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.-

ALFRED A. GLIDDEN AND THOMAS M. KNOWIAND, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHU- SET'IS, ASSIGNORS TO HOOD RUBBER COMPANY, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS,

A CORPORATION. OF MASSACHUSETTS.

sons. roa iaoocns AND SHOES.

Application filed July 22,

' ing in a rubber sole a flexible metallic layer or layers so constructed and arranged within said sole that the will be firmly bonded therein and the exibility ofv the sole retained. v

The invention consists in a sole for b00138. and shoes as set forth in the following specification and particularly as-pointed outin theclaims thereof.

Referring tothe drawings Figure l'represents a plan view of a sole v embodying our invention, aportion thereof being broken away to expose the layer .of flexible metallic material located therein\ Fig. 2 is a' vertical section through he 25 layers of material comprising the 'sole befo said layers have been compressed together.

Fig. 3" is a vertical section through the finished sole as taken on the line 3-3 of Fi 1.

iike numerals refer to like arts through-- out the several vews ofthe rawings.

In the drawin s, 5 represents a sole elnbodying therein a lower layer of rubber 6' and an upper layer of rubber 7, between" which is a layer of flexible metallic-material 8. The layers of rubber 6 and 7 extend for the full length of the sole 5,- while the layer 8 of metallic material extends from the front of the sole to'a point adjacent to the'front 40 of the heel portion thereof only, allowance being made for a narrow marginal portion of solid rubber in the'finished sole between the edge of the metallic layer and the edge 'of said sole.

The layer of flexible metallic material 8 consists of a piece of metal link mesh fabric and may consist of any of the well-known forms of mesh fabric such as are employed similar articles.

metal therein,- is molded and vulcanized to pounds and to all com ositions of materials 182?. Serial No. 207,791.

in the construction of ladies handbags and In the rocess' of forming the sole, the layer of abric 8 is inserted between the lower and upper layers of rubber 6 and 7 respectively, and said superimposed layersare compressed inany suitable manner to expel air that may be'trapped therebetween. During this pressing operation the rubber upon the opposite sides of the'metal fabric is forced through the interstices of said fabric and finally the sole, with the layer of form the completed sole illustrated in Fig. During the vulcanizing operation the rubber on the opposite sides of the metallic layer 8 will be bonded together through the interstices of said fabric.

It is evident that the sole of this invention may be utilized as an outer sole for all types of boots and shoes, said sole being attached' to the upper of the shoe by any wellknown method, or thesol'e may be employed asfan inner sole, in which case it may be in-", serted within a boot or shoe in theusual well-known manner and when so employed, it *is evident that it will protect the foot atgainst nails or other pointed articles which i stepped u on, might penetrate the outer sole of the s 0e and injure the foot of the wearer. While we have employed the term rubber throughout the specification and claims, we "wish it distinctly understood that this term applies toall gum or rubber oo1i1- aving the qualities'o r'ubber,and that are employed as substitutes therefor, and are the equivalents thereof.

We claim: 1 1; A sole for boots and shoes having, in combination, a rubber body portion and a layer of.metal link mesh fabric within said body portion.

2. A sole for boots and shoes having, in combination, a rubber body portion and alayer of metal link mesh fabric molded with- 96 in said body portion.

3. A sole for boots and shoes having, in and a layer of metal link mesh fabric becombination, a rubber body portion and a tween said layers of rubber, the rubber of 1 layer of metal link mesh fabric Within said said layers being bonded together through body portion, the rubber upon opposite sides the links of said fabric and vulcanized.

5 of said fabric being bonded together through In testimony whereof we have hereunto said fabric. set our hands. v i

4. A sole for boots and shoes having, in ALFRED A. GLIDDEN.

combination, a plurality of layers of rubber THOMAS M. KN OWLAND. 

